![]() The Lucent logo, the Innovation Ring, was designed by Landor Associates, a prominent San Francisco-based branding consultancy. This continues the Dante theme, although moving away from his Divine Comedy to the poem La Vita Nuova. When the rights to Inferno were sold in 2000, the company Vita Nuova Holdings was formed to represent them. This extended the 'Lucifer' and Dante references as a series of punning names for the components of Inferno - Dis, Limbo, Charon and Styx (9P Protocol). Shortly after the Lucent renaming in 1996, Lucent's Plan 9 project released a development of their work as the Inferno OS in 1997. This same linguistic root also gives Lucifer, "the light bearer" (from lux, 'light', and ferre, 'to bear' ), who is also a character in Dante's epic poem Inferno. Corporate communications and business cards included the strapline 'Bell Labs Innovations' in a bid to retain the prestige of the internationally famous research lab, within a new business under an as-yet unknown name. The name was widely criticised, as the logo was to be, both internally and externally. The name was applied for in 1996 at the time of the split from AT&T. By the end of 2015, the company transformation program could also result in internal mobility, transfers to partners and redeployments for approximately 900 employees whose jobs will be retained, inside or outside the company.Lucent advert for Inferno in IEEE Internet Computing, Volume 1, Number 2, March–April 1997 In France, the company intends to reduce approximately 900 positions in 2014 primarily in support, administrative and sales functions (via a legally-compliant program know in FranceĪs Plan de Sauvegarde pour l’Emploi), as well as recruiting 200 engineers and technicians with new technical competencies. In terms of research, France will keep its focus on optics and strengthen it in mathematics, at the heart of next-generation network software.īusiness activities in France dealing with service providers will be concentrated in two main sites – Villarceaux, south of Paris, which will become Alcatel-Lucent’s primary R&D center in Europe and one of the world’s largest R&D campuses, and Lannion, which will specialize in ultra-broadband mobile access and subscriber data management (SDM) technologies. In France the industrial transformation will focus R&D activities on future technologies such as 4G and IP platforms, in particular with the creation of a new small cells competency center, an area of particular interest for the company. By the end of 2015, Alcatel-Lucent will halve the number of its business hubs globally. All geographic areas where Alcatel- Lucent operates will contribute to this effort, with the reduction of 4,100 positions in Europe, Middle East and Africa, 3,800 in Asia Pacific and 2,100 in Americas. In the meeting with ECID, Alcatel-Lucent will present a net reduction plan of approximately 10,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2015. The Shift Plan is about the company regaining control of its destiny." To carry out this plan we must make difficult decisions and we will make them with open and transparent dialogue with our employees and their representatives. The strategic choices we made have been validated by our customers. Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent said: "We launched The Shift Plan in June to give Alcatel-Lucent an industrially sustainable future. Reducing administrative, sales and support functions to bring SG&A costs in line with industry standards. 85% of R&D spend in 2015, as opposed to 65% today.Reducing R&D spend in legacy technologies by 60%. This will be achieved by: Reallocating R&D investment to next-generation technologies which should represent. Alcatel-Lucent has committed to achieve fixed cost savings of Euro 1 billion or more than 15% of fixed costs by the end of 2015. The Shift Plan also aims to restore profitability to the company, being based on a transformation of Alcatel-Lucent’s R&D activities for greater efficiency and a reallocation of resources to focus on future technologies while making a significant reduction of fixed costs.Īs part of the Shift Plan, the company will make key social actions in order to restore its competitiveness in the marketplace. The plan aims to ensure a sustainable financial future and a successful transformation of the company by repositioning it as a specialist in the next-generation technologies of IP Networking, Cloud and Ultra-Broadband Access in order to better serve its customers. PARIS (IndoTelko) – Alcatel-Lucent informing its European works council (ECID) of the actions planned as part of The Shift Plan announced on June 19 by its new Chief Executive Officer, Michel Combes.
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